The Boston Athletic Association[1] announced Tuesday that the men’s and women’s winners of this year's Boston Marathon[2] will each receive $150,000, the biggest cash prizes ever awarded to the winners of a U.S. marathon. (The previous record of $130,000 went to the winners of the 2007 New York Marathon[3], Martin Lel and Paula Radcliffe.)

Even by the standards of today’s athletes, $150,000 is not bad for a day’s work.

However, the highest paid athlete in Boston on Monday will not be running the marathon. He’ll be at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox play an 11:05 a.m. game against the Texas Rangers. Curt Schilling, the veteran pitcher of the Red Sox (pictured above), makes $13 million a year and played in 24 games last season. That averages out to $541,666.66 per athletic performance. Two other starting pitchers—Josh Beckett and “Dice K” Matsuzaka—also make more than $150,000 per game played.

The rest of the Red Sox will be making less than the winners of the marathon on Monday. Even Manny Ramirez, whose $17 million salary is the highest on the team, makes only $127,942.71 per game.

Then there’s poor Dustin Pedroia. The Red Sox second baseman—who played in 139 games for a salary of $380,000—makes only $2,733.81 per game.

The good news for the 24-year-old Pedroia is that there’s still time to take up long distance running, where the real money is.